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Justice minister says Data Protection Act should come before NIDS
Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck says the Government hopes to implement the Data Protection Act, 2020, before the new National Identification System (NIDS) comes into effect. The Data Protection Act, 2020, which seeks to safeguard the privacy and personal information of Jamaicans, was passed in
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She's just 19 and has already received seven scholarships
MOST students who are lucky or good enough to receive scholarships tend to go through school on one endowment. Nineteen-year-old Crystina Perkins is an exception.
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Barbados churches discontinue face-to-face worship
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - Face-to-face services at churches, mosques and other places of worship across the island will be discontinued with immediate effect.The announcement was made on Saturday, following a meeting of representatives from the Barbados Evangelical Association (BEA), the
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Congratulations!
Mathematics Teacher of the Year 2020, Kelly Kellier Anderson (second right),holds the champion's trophy presented to her by state minister for education Robert Nesta Morgan and chief of treasury and investments at JN Bank, Audrey Williams (right). National Mathematics Coordinator Dr Tamika Benjamin
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After the rain...
Three weeks of heavy, consistent rain unleashed destruction on a number of communities, particularly on the eastern end of the island. As residents try to pick up the pieces, the country is bracing for more rain this weekend, based on a forecast by the Met Service.Here are scenes from the aftermath
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Hurricane Iota closing in on storm-battered Central America
BILWI, Nicaragua (AFP) - Hurricane Iota is forecast to strengthen to an 'extremely dangerous' Category Four by the time it makes landfall in Central America today, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned, two weeks after powerful storm Eta devastated much of the region and left more than 200
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NROCC partners with Rotaract Club to plant over 400 trees
THE National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) has partnered with The University of the West Indies Rotaract Club to plant more than 400 trees as part of the prime minister's Three Million Trees Initiative. The trees are being planted on lands adjacent to the Linstead Toll Plaza on
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Work advanced on ticketing system for COVID-19 breaches
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says legislation to implement a ticketing system for breaches of the novel coronavirus protocols will be brought to the Houses of Parliament shortly.
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Abducted schoolboys released
KANKARA, Nigeria (AFP) - Schoolboys who were abducted in north-west Nigeria were released yesterday, a presidential aide said, although it remained unclear how many.'The abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara have been rescued, the Katsina State Government has
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Third time unlucky!
WEST Kingston enforcer 'Harry Dog' escaped two prior attempts on his life over a one-year period at the same spot where he was shot dead on Sunday, January 31 in the heart of the fiefdom that made him popular.
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GG MEETS INDIA'S TOP ENVOY
New High Commissioner of India to Jamaica R Masakui (centre) presented his credentials to Governor General Sir Patrick Allen on Friday, December 4, at King's House, St Andrew.
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Biometric data for NIDS database will be encrypted
PROGRAMME director for the National Identification System (NIDS) Warren Vernon says that biometric data for the national identification database will be encrypted to prevent unauthorised access.'Your fingerprint and facial image will be encrypted, so that a regular person just can't access it like
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Gagging the gangsters
Pushed into action by reports that some gang bosses are continuing to operate their criminal enterprises despite being behind bars, the Ministry of National Security has embarked on a massive multifaceted project to shut them down.
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Hell in church
The police theorise that a contract killing stemming from a domestic dispute triggered yesterday's horrific death of a woman who was brutally gunned down as she worshipped at Agape Christian Fellowship Church on Market Street in Falmouth, Trelawny.
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Native Jamaican, Canadian Senator Rosemary Moodie gets Ontario's highest honour
Senator Rosemary Moodie has been appointed to the Order of Ontario in Canada, a news release has stated. Lieutenant governor of Ontario and Chancellor of the Order of Ontario Elizabeth Dowdeswell made the announcement at the start of January.The Order of Ontario is the province's highest honour
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Teachers' college students, fearing COVID-19, oppose face-to-face exams
STUDENTS at some teachers' colleges across the island have launched an online petition against a decision to have them sit examinations face-to face for the new academic year in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Foreign ministry trying to locate Jamaican man in Haiti
The Consular Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is seeking to make contact with relatives, friends or anyone who knows the person in the accompanying photograph, who goes by either the name Janel or Daniel.He is currently in Fon de Negres, Haiti, and is said to
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Today's Horoscope — February 3, 2021
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, February 3, 2021: Aesthetic, detailed and a perfectionist, you're brilliant at what you do. With your fine sense of timing, this year you hang in there and pounce when the reality is right. Your project is extremely successful and profitable, and it's best to hire
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Jamaica: Robber flees leaving bail book at crime scene - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Observer) The St Ann police say they were able to nab a robber after he left his condition of bail book at the scene of the crime in Exchange, Ocho Rios in the parish on Friday, February
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Icon's farewell
Tourism and business icon Gordon 'Butch' Stewart will be laid to rest at his Rio Chico property in Ocho Rios, St Ann, tomorrow after a private thanksgiving ceremony to be attended by members of his family only.
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PSOJ wants transparent sexual harassment tribunal
THE Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has made a number of recommendations to Parliament, which it says should ensure an effective, transparent tribunal that will adjudicate cases of sexual harassment in the workplace and specified institutions.The PSOJ yesterday made the
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Advertising industry giant Gurney Beckford passes
Gurney Beckford, the man who for decades was the face of Dunlop Corbin Communications (DCC) - one of Jamaica's top advertising agencies - passed away yesterday after ailing for some time. He was 83.Beckford, who in 2005 was invested with the Order of Distinction, in the rank of Officer, moved up
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This Day In History - November 17
Today is the 322nd day of 2020. There are 44 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS1993: The US House of Representatives approves the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico.�OTHER EVENTS1534: British Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy, which declares King Henry
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Customs using more technology to serve clients during pandemic
THE Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is employing more technology to effectively carry out its mandate, which is focused on trade facilitation, revenue collection and border protection, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.Customs Commisisoner Velma Ricketts Walker told JIS News that several
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'Repugnant!'
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Australia's prime minister said yesterday that a Chinese official's tweet showing a fake image of an Australian soldier appearing to slit a child's throat was 'truly repugnant' and merits an apology. China said there would be no apology.
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Photo: KENNETH CHUNG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP LINK-UP
David Chung (right) elbow bumps Leshell Francis at the inaugural presentation of the Kenneth Chung Memorial Accounting Scholarship last Friday at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) Offices in Kingston. Looking on from left are Dennis Chung; Sixto Coy, president of ICAJ; and
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AIDS-related deaths declined in the C'bean, says PAHO
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says annual deaths from AIDS-related illnesses declined by 37 per cent from 2010 through 2019 in Caribbean countries, while new yearly infections from the HIV virus dropped by 29 per cent.PAHO said that increased
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Butch, Toots to be honoured by KSAMC
Two Jamaican icons - Gordon 'Butch' Stewart and Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert, who died recently - are to be posthumously honoured with the Key to the City of Kingston, deputy mayor, Councillor Winston Ennis told yesterday's council meeting of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC).
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Caricom, Canada foreign ministers meet today... virtually
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - Caribbean Community (Caricom) ministers of foreign affairs will have talks with their Canadian counterpart, Fran�ois- Philippe Champagne, on Wednesday during the inaugural meeting of the Caricom- Canada Foreign Ministers' Group which will be held virtually.
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Principal of Carron Hall High School in St Mary, Carlinton Johnson (left) expresses gratitude to Icons of Annotto Bay President Wyatt 'Spur' Williams and Vice-President Patricia Hucey (second right), while Stacey-Ann Helps of the school looks on. The institution was given school supplies by the
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